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Water: Recycling

Commons · Question 92837 · Tabled 19 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Charlotte Cane

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to permit (a) commercial companies and (b) property developers to offer collection and reuse of non-drinkable rainwater.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 26 Nov 2025

Defra are considering the recommendations set out in the Independent Water Commission including the ask for Government to work with regulators to develop a new policy and regulatory framework to drive the adoption of water re-use infrastructure in the hou...